GARDEN GROVE — Garden Grove boys basketball coach Brian Girard said before Friday night’s game that Miguel Ortega is one of the best players in North Orange County. University focused on shutting him down in the first half, but the Trojans couldn’t stop Videl Jimenez. Jimenez made five 3-pointers in the first half, and Ortega…
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The scores from the CIF-SS boys soccer playoffs Friday and the updated matchups and schedule for the semifinals on Tuesday, Feb. 22. CIF-SS BOYS SOCCER PLAYOFFS Games at 3 p.m. or 5 p.m. DIVISION 1 Quarterfinals, Friday Servite 2, Godinez 0 Huntington Beach 4, Aliso Niguel 1 JSerra 1, Villa Park 0 Mira Costa 3,…
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LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE — St. Francis boys basketball coach Todd Wolfson said his team started the year as underdogs and was doubted throughout the season. But the team persisted through the adversity of a COVID layoff and having to play 10 games in 15 days in January just to make sure it had a good…
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ANAHEIM – Los Altos was too big and too good for Canyon. Led by 7-foot junior Jazz Gardner, who scored 23 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and blocked five shots, the Conquerors on Friday defeated Canyon 65-48 in a CIF Southern Section Division 2AA boys basketball quarterfinals playoff game. Canyon guard Jaden Goodall, right, makes a…
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LAS VEGAS — Adrian Kempe scored his second goal in overtime and the Kings defeated the Vegas Golden Knights, 4-3, on Friday night. Andreas Athanasiou and Phillip Danault also scored for the Kings. Jonathan Quick had 21 saves to improve to 5-8-1 in his career against Vegas. Max Pacioretty had two goals and Reilly Smith…
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SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO >> The San Juan Hills boys basketball team continued its historic playoff run Friday with a 70-46 win over Thousand Oaks in the CIF-SS Division 2A quarterfinals at San Juan Hills High. The Stallions have reached the semifinals for the first time in school history. San Juan Hills, the No. 1 seed…
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Funny Car team owner and driver Ron Capps, center, speaks with team manager Paul Mecca, left, as they discuss where to place sponsor stickers on his hot rod in the pits at the season-opening NHRA Winternationals on Friday at Pomona Raceway. Capps, who raced for Don Schumacher Racing for the past 17 seasons, is in…
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American David Wise performs a trick on his second run during the men’s freestyle skiing halfpipe final at the Winter Olympics on Saturday (Friday night PT) in Zhangjiakou, China. (Photo by Maja Hitij/Getty Images) The United States’ David Wise competes during the men’s halfpipe finals at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022, in…
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SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO >> The JSerra boys soccer team had opportunities off multiple set pieces throughout the first half and into the second of its CIF-SS Division 1 quarterfinal against Villa Park on Friday at JSerra High School. JSerra didn’t convert on any of them. That is until Rocco Bon’s free kick curved directly into…
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A prosecutor told jurors Friday that the testimony of a man who claims that in his 20s he had “consensual” sex with a 79-year-old woman he is accused of raping and killing is “ridiculous,” like “something out of a stupid letter to Penthouse.” Andre William Lepere, now 64, was tied by DNA and genetic profiles…
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